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human nature, cannot fail to find everything well suited 

 to the care of his horses and carriage, in a stable conducted 

 by gentlemen willing to be guided by such provisions of 

 stable management, having the control of feeding, groom- 

 ing, &c., with power of dismissing .an incompetent person 

 employed, and the substitution of a more accomplished one. 



An establishment so conducted is as comfortable for the 

 owner and his horse, and as exclusive as though in a private 

 stable, and at a cost much less than in any other stable or 

 by any other plan. A better class of grooms is always to 

 be found than is seen in the livery stable, which, to speak 

 the truth, are the lowest kind of persons, with no responsi- 

 bility, and usually never to be relied upon. Even the 

 hand in the purse-pocket fails to produce service in a satis- 

 factory manner : either horse, harness, or carriage will be 

 neglected. The partiality of the livery-stable groom for the 

 liberal person to the injury of others, finds no place in the 

 stables of the club or private gentleman. There is no 

 safety for a first-class horse, carriage, &c., outside of the 

 club and private establishment of the owner, managed and 

 superintended by direction of a superior mind. 



The club stable, as conducted in Philadelphia, possesses 

 all the advantages of livery stables, with few of their draw- 

 backs, and with all the advantages of the stable of the 

 gentleman, and at a much less expense or trouble to him- 

 self in the daily duty of a personal visit, and in some 

 instances of an examination of the affairs of the stable. 

 The pay of the hostlers or grooms, the rent of the stable, 



